All the most important news for 16 May 2019

A model court in Karachi on Thursday sentenced a man to death for raping a woman and killing her along with three of her family members for refusing his marriage proposal in 2010.Additional District......

All-rounder Imad Wasim believes Pakistan have gained much from their one-day international series against World Cup hosts England despite having yet to win a match.England head into Friday's fourth......

Indian police said on Thursday they are probing a suspected fresh case of a Muslim man being killed by so-called Hindu cow vigilantes.Cows are revered by Hindus and according to Human Rights Watch......

Security forces claimed to have killed nine suspected militants during a raid in Balochistan's Mastung District on Thursday.Sources in the Counter-terrorism Department (CTD) said that personnel of......

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday expressed displeasure over what he called the ‘poor’ performance of the bureaucracy of Balochistan in addressing people’s problems.In a letter to the......

KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has asked the Pakistan Railways to hand over right of way to the Sindh government within next 15 days so that international tenders could be invited......

India’s Election Commission cut off campaigning early in the eastern state of West Bengal after days of clashes in the final stretch of the country’s marathon elections, a drastic and unprecedented......

The Supreme Court on Thursday directed former SSP Rao Anwar to resubmit his review petition seeking omission of his name from the Exit-Control List (ECL) as well as the earlier court order to keep......

Pakistan sealed a $6 billion bailout deal with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) last week to shore up its fragile public finances and underpin its slowing economy, but the programme is unlikely......

A judicial magistrate on Thursday rejected bail pleas filed by 11 Chinese nationals and two locals in a case pertaining to alleged fake marriages, forced prostitution and organ trade of Pakistani......

Iconic Pakistani painter Jamil Naqsh passed away in London on Thursday after contracting "serious pneumonia" earlier this month.Naqsh, 79, who had been settled in London for the last 10 years, was......

Batting has traditionally been India’s strength but their World Cup rivals will also be wary of their all-surface pace attack, swing bowler Bhuvneshwar Kumar has said.The 29-year-old is a key member......

Three Kashmiri fighters, an Indian soldier and a local civilian were killed on Thursday morning during a gunbattle in Indian-occupied Kashmir that triggered anti-India protests and clashes, officials......

WASHINGTON: The US on Wednesday ordered all non-emergency staff to leave its embassy in Baghdad and consulate in Arbil, ramping up alarm over an alleged Iran threat even as allies appeared less than......

KIEV: Ukrainian clerical infighting broke out into the open on Wednesday in a development that analysts say may threaten the future of Ukraine’s new unified Orthodox — to Moscow’s delight.Honorary......

WARSAW: Poland’s prime minister on Wednesday condemned what he described as a “xenophobic act of aggression” on the country’s ambassador to Israel, who was spat at and verbally abused on a Tel Aviv......

BERLIN: German police launched a search on Wednesday for a man who sped off with a vintage Ferrari worth over two million dollars during a test drive.Police issued a wanted picture of the burly man......

KOLKATA: Clashes between followers of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and a firebrand opposition leader heightened tensions in the key Indian city of Kolkata on Wednesday ahead of the final round of the......

PARIS: Researchers in Germany have unearthed a new species of flying dinosaur that flapped its wings like a raven and could hold vital clues as to how modern-day birds evolved from their reptilian......

ISLAMABAD: Despite government’s claims that all-out efforts are being made to eradicate polio from the country, another case was reported on Wednesday from North Waziristan tribal district.The tally......

ISLAMABAD: After keeping the issue of new provinces in the cold storage for over the past many years and not discussing the matter throughout the five-year tenure of the PML-N government, the debate......

NEW DELHI: Former India captain Saurav Ganguly believes Pakistan are one of the favourites in the forthcoming ICC World Cup.Ganguly recalled how Pakistan have always performed well in the ICC events......

SAHIWAL: The decapitated body of a minor was found in Pakpattan canal near Kasowal on Wednesday noon.The 10-year-old boy had been missing since Saturday and a kidnapping case was registered against......

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Wednes­day adjourned the hearing against former Punjab chief minister Shahbaz Sharif in the Ashiyana-i-Iqbal Hous­ing Scheme scam case after his counsel, Ashtar Ausaf,......

HARIPUR: Without taking even a day off from work, septuagenarian Fatema Bibi continues to return to work every day, toiling under the gruelling sun despite her aching limbs in the hope that she will......

LAHORE: The Punjab government has detained Naib Emir of the banned Jamaatud Dawa (JuD) organisation, Abdul Rehman Makki, along with another senior leader Mohammad Shahbaz after the police believed......

MITHI: People living in the villages of Nagarparkar taluka on Wednesday asked the Sindh government to provide water to them through pipeline as was promised by top leadership of the Pakistan Peoples......

ISLAMABAD: The For­eign Office on Wednesday condemned drone attacks on the installations of Saudi state-owned oil company Aramco and reiterated support for the kingdom and “international” elements in......

KARACHI: Expressing its serious concerns over the worsening conditions of civic infrastructure in Karachi, the Supreme Court has observed that it seemed that the provincial government and local civic......

KARACHI: The controversy-ridden meetings to mull over the revival of the Police Order, 2002 bill by a select committee of the Sindh Assembly came to a close on Wednesday with another disagreement as......

PARIS: The world’s oil supply fell last month, the International Energy Agency said on Wednesday, amid rising global tensions as US sanctions on Iran tightened and Opec+ members produced less crude......

ISLAMABAD: The large-scale manufacturing (LSM) sector shrank 10.63 per cent during March from a year ago, the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) reported on Wednesday.It was attributed to dismal......

PARIS: Major tech firms pledged on Wednesday to pursue a range of fresh measures aimed at stamping out violent extremist content on the internet, amid growing pressure from governments in the wake of......

LAHORE: Pakistan on Wednesday extended its airspace ban for flights to India till May 30 as there has been no progress at the bilateral level in this respect. Foreign flights using Indian airspace......

WHILE hearing matters related to encroachments and allegedly unauthorised use of state land in Karachi, a bench of the Supreme Court recently directed government functionaries to take measures to......

THE new debate over the minimum marriage age for girls has revealed a massive regression in our society’s social thinking and the implications are truly alarming.Ninety years ago, a Hindu member of......

SO the circle is complete. As of this week, we have the two favourite ingredients that have defined our economic management for a decade now: a tax amnesty scheme and an IMF programme, the carrot and......

ISLAMABAD: Former president and Pakistan Peoples Party co-chairperson Asif Ali Zardari said on Wednesday that his party would launch a street protest against the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf government......

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court wants the authorities concerned to develop a strategy to discourage settlements in border areas by declaring a buffer zone similar to what India has done.“Border areas......

A young student lost his life in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) on Wednesday after Indian troops resorted to 'unprovoked' ceasefire violation from across the Line of Control (LoC), civil and military......

THE new debate over the minimum marriage age for girls has revealed a massive regression in our society’s social thinking and the implications are truly alarming.Ninety years ago, a Hindu member of......

SO the circle is complete. As of this week, we have the two favourite ingredients that have defined our economic management for a decade now: a tax amnesty scheme and an IMF programme, the carrot and......